Wheel-bench.



DE WITT CLINTON.

WHEEL BENCH.

APPLICATION FILED JAN- 26. 19x5.

Patented June 20,1916.

Attorneys THE COLUMBIA FLANOCIRAPH 60., WASHINGTCIN, 0. c4

DE WIT'I CLINTON, F MYRTLE POINT, OREGON.

WHEEL-BENCH.

Application filed January 26, 1915.

b all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Dn VVrr'r CLINTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Myrtle Point, in the county of Coos and State of Oregon, have invented a new and useful YVheel-Bench, of which the following is a specification,

The present invention appertains to a .wheel bench, and aims to provide a novel and improved bench or stand adapted particularly for use by wheelwrights, for holding or supporting avehicle wheel while it is being operated upon.

It is the object of this invention to provide a wheel bench comprising such a unique assemblange of parts, that the wheel may be conveniently raised from the floor onto the bench or stand, and clamped firmly in place upon the bench, in order that the operator may conveniently work upon the wheel.

It is also within the scope of the invention, to provide a wheel bench of the nature indicated, which is comparatively simple, non-encumbering and inexpensive in con struction, as well as being convenient, practical and efiicient in use.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

The invention is illustrated in its preferred embodiment in the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 isa perspective view of the improved wheel bench. Fig. 2 is a fragmental sectional view thereof illustrating in full and dotted lines, the two positions of the spindle and wheel.

The present bench or stand embodies four corner legs 1, which converge upwardly, and to the upper end portions of which four sides 2 are secured. A top or head member 3 is secured upon the upper ends of the legs 1, and upon the upper edges of the sides 2. The aforesaid structure is preferably constructed of wood, and is of pyramidal form, whereby the sides 2 are inclined, in order that the lower ends of the legs 1 will be separated sufliciently for holding the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 20, 1916.

Serial No. 4,489.

bench or stand against tilting during the use thereof.

The top 3 and one side 2 of the bench are provided with a slot 4 which extends around the corner between the said side and top, and the end portions of which extend into the said side and top. The slot 4: extends through the center of the top 3, and an angular plate 5 is secured to the said side 2 and top 3' of the bench over the slot 1 and is provided with a slot 6 registering with the slot 4 of the bench. The plate 5 is bent at an obtuse angle to fit snugly upon the said side 2 and top 3 of the bench, and is secured to the said parts by means of nails or other securing elements.

Mounted for oscillatory movement within the slots 1 and 6, is a spindle 7, which is provided at its inner end within the bench, with an eye 8, journaled upon a pivot rod 9 carried by the bench, the end portions of the rod 9 being preferably engaged through opposito sides 2 of the bench, or those sides of the bench adjacent the side 2 having the slot 4. The hub 10 of the wheel is adapted to be slipped onto the free portion of the spindle 7, which projects from the bench, and a hub cap 11 is slidable onto the spindle or hub 7 to slide thereon and seat against the outer end of the hub. The free portion of the spindle 7 is threaded, for the reception of a nut 12 having radial handles 13, whereby the nut may be readily and effectively tightened.

A cardinal feature of the invention, resides in the fact that the wheel may be conveniently applied to the spindle 7 and raised upon the bench, without great effort and trouble on the part of the operator, and without the necessity of lifting the wheel up over an upright spindle, as is the case with ordinary wheel benches of this character. This result is accomplished by letting the spindle 7 down to horizontal position, as seen in full lines in Fig. 2, and then removing the nut 12 and cap 11, so that the hub 10 of the wheel may be readily slipped over the spindle 7 while the wheel is resting upon the floor. Then, the wheel may be readily slid upwardly onto the bench, to lie in a horizontal plane, as seen in dotted lines in Fig. 2. The hub of the wheel will then rest upon the plate 5, and the cap 11 and nut 12 are then applied to the spindle 7 and by tightening the nut 12, the hub of the wheel will be clamped tightly between the cap '11 and plate 5, to hold the wheel, while it is being worked upon.

The pivot rod 9 of the spindle 7 is disposed closer to the top 3 of the bench, than the side 2 into-which the slot at extends, it

' being noted that the said side of the bench is inclined, whereby the hub 10 will not be forced away from the pivot rod 9 While the wheel is being raised from the lower vertical position, to the upper horizontal position. Consequently, the wheel when swung to raised position, will slide or move'readily along the plate 5, without interference therewith, and even if the cap 11 and nut 12 are applied to the spindle 7 while it is swung downwardly, with the cap 11 bearing against the hub, the cap and nut will not prevent the wheel from being raised, by causing it to bind against the side of the bench.

The present bench is labor saving, since the wheel may be readily moved thereonto, and need not be lifted up over an upstanding spindle, as is necessary with the ordinary wheel bench, means being provided whereby the wheel'hub may be clamped firmly in Y the bench having a slot lying in one of the Copies of this patent may be obtained for sides and'in the top; an angular hub-receiving wear-plate secured tosaid side and to the p the top; a rod connecting two others of the sides and forming a reinforcing tie therebetween; a hub-recelving spindle mounted to swing on the rod and movable inthe slots;

and a hub-engaging nut threaded on the spindle; the slotted side being inclined, the spindle being of a common diameter from end to end and the rod lying nearer to the top of the bench than to the slotted side whereby when the spindle is raised from a horizontal position to a vertical position, the inner end of a wheel-hub may ride along the wear-plate and move continuously toward the rod thereby to lessen the moment of the wheel and to facilitate the raising thereof; the nut being adapted to be tightened down onto the wheel-hub when the spindle is vertically disposed, thereby to bind the hub between the nut and the wear-plate and to hold the spindle in a vertical position.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

DE WVITT CLINTON.

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